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Kind of a Coal Castle -- This is the giant abandoned Saint Nicholas coal processing plant. Used to break coal into various sizes before shipping. Taken at sunset near Shenandoah, PA
September 21, 2019
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Cape Cod National Seashore
Orleans, Massachusetts - USA
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Malvera Fairspring a wood elf born and raised in Terrah, home of the earth Ashari, a multiracial tribe of druids and protectors of nature. from a very early age she trained in the Druidic arts, learning about nature, the many varieties of flora and fauna. this knowledge would prove instrumental to her once she becomes a druid herself. however, during the final portion of her training, it was discovered she lacked even the most basic control over her magic.
Malvera's spells would have wild and unpredictable effects making her ineffective as a druid. this also kicked off her struggle with her temper the anger and savage rage of failing at the one path she had laid out for her by generation of her family before her. lossing her temper would often cause her to accidentally cast a botched version of a druid spell, one that has far more destructive effects that intended. this made her somewhat of a pariah in her tribe, "the broken druid" people would call her behind her back....
Malvera lived on the outskirts of the village well away from anyone she could accidentally harm with her wild magic and unchecked temper. until one evening she heard screams and cries for help coming from the village, and for once, she wasn't to blame. she ran to investigate and found a creature had breached the portal from the elemental plane of earth a portal that the tribe has been tasked with guarding for centuries. a Fomorian came though to the material plane, the hideously deformed hunch-backed giant was tearing through the village and it's druidic protectors.
Though still annoyed with her fellows for shunning her, Malvera couldn't stand to see them come to harm. in a rage she grabbed the nearest weapon, a greatsword laying near a slain soldier, and she charged at the giant-kin channeling her anger and rage, she slashed at the flesh of it's grey and wort covered legs. the giant raised it's tree trunk club and seemed to crush small Elf with a mighty swing, however, she had teleported from his reach, another random magical effect activated by her rage. she continued her assault on the monstrous being, vanishing before it before it's attacks could connect, she kept it busy long enough for the druids to gather and cast their own magic, entangling the creature, bringing it to it's knees then tying it down with enchanted vines that reach from the earth. with the Fomorian bound and helpless Malvera finished it off, taking it's head with one critical strike.
With newfound appreciation for her unique magic, she shifted the focus of her training, from the magical, to the martial, training with the warriors of the tribe and learning to use her various wild magic abilities to hinder her foes. becoming one of the most feared and respected warriors of the Ashari tribes Malvera was no longer called "the broken druid" but rather "the Breaker druid." there is no man or beast she will not break to protect her people and the lands they call home.
Towering over the local landscape the Locust Summit breaker of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company stands silent. The breaker, built in 1930, was capable of processing 15000 tons in a 24-hour period, and operated for a quarter century before being permanently shut down. The breaker stood for another 47 years until it was demolished in 2002. The complex housed many treasures, including CNJ 0-6-0 113, which worked at the facility from 1953 through 1960, and languished at Locust Summit for another 20 years before being moved to the Wilmington & Western.
Here the breaker is largely intact in 1992. The large shed to the right of the breaker houses dual rotary car dumpers. Why would a facility that loads outbound coal for shipment to customers need rotary car dumpers? The answer lies in the function of an anthracite breaker as a processing plant, and not necessarily as a part of a specific mine. The breaker separated rock from coal, and then sorted the coal into various sizes for shipment to market. The Reading delivered mine-run coal from various mines in the region, and then hauled an equivalent amount of finished product away from the breaker. This is one of only a few on-line industries that received and shipped the same commodity.
The breakers in Felixstowe Old Town I love this part of Felixstowe... The waves were quite rough and I nearly got soaked trying to get this shot but it was worth it :)
The sea running right up to the cliff base at High Tide yesterday. Fair old sea on with the SE wind.
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Western leeward side of Oahu
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View down the coast from a man-made beach front cove and swimming area/lagoon in this resort area: Ko Olina.
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I love the power of the sea, and these shots were taken while I was waiting for for a restaurant to open first thing in the morning a few days ago when it was a little windy... and just before the rain started......